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A Clockwork Orange (film)
A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 dystopian crime film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name.
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A Journal of the Plague Year
A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations or Memorials, Of the most Remarkable Occurrences, As well Publick as Private, which happened in London During the last Great Visitation In 1665, commonly called A Journal of the Plague Year, is a book by Daniel Defoe, first published in March 1722.
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A Nice Cup of Tea
"A Nice Cup of Tea" is an essay by English author George Orwell, first published in the London Evening Standard on 12 January 1946.
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A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as for children's poetry.
A1 road (Great Britain)
The A1, also known as the Great North Road, is the longest numbered road in the United Kingdom, at.
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Abbey Road Studios
Abbey Road Studios (formerly EMI Recording Studios) is a music recording studio at 3 Abbey Road, St John's Wood, City of Westminster, London.
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Academy of sciences
An academy of sciences is a type of learned society or academy (as special scientific institution) dedicated to sciences that may or may not be state funded.
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Adder
Vipera berus, also known as the common European adderMallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G (2003).
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AEC Routemaster
The AEC Routemaster is a front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles.
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AFC Wimbledon
AFC Wimbledon is an English professional association football club based in Merton, London.
Agatha Christie
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.
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Alan Blumlein
Alan Dower Blumlein (29 June 1903 – 7 June 1942) was an English electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording, stereophonic sound, television and radar.
Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director.
Alan Turing
Alan Mathison Turing (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher and theoretical biologist.
Albert Memorial
The Albert Memorial, directly north of the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington Gardens, London, was commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her beloved husband Prince Albert, who died in 1861.
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Albertopolis
Albertopolis is the nickname given to the area centred on Exhibition Road in London, named after Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria.
Alexandra Palace
Alexandra Palace is an entertainment and sports venue in North London, situated between Wood Green and Muswell Hill in the London Borough of Haringey.
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Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English film director.
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Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great (also spelled Ælfred; – 26 October 899) was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899.
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Ali G
Alistair Leslie Graham, better known as Ali G, is a satirical fictional character created and performed by English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (also known as Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 English children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics don at the University of Oxford.
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All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club
The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club (AELTC), also known as the All England Club, based at Church Road, Wimbledon, London, England, is a private members' club.
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Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
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Amphibian
Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam (literally, "The Dam on the River Amstel") is the capital and most populated city of the Netherlands. London and Amsterdam are capitals in Europe.
Amy Winehouse
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, reggae and jazz.
Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber, (born 22 March 1948) is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre.
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Andy Serkis
Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker.
Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
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Anglicanism
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe.
Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.
Applied science
Applied science is the application of the scientific method and scientific knowledge to attain practical goals.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury.
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Arsenal F.C.
The Arsenal Football Club, commonly known as simply Arsenal, is a professional football club based in Holloway, North London, England.
Arsenal W.F.C.
Arsenal Women Football Club, commonly referred to as just Arsenal, is an English professional women's football club based in Islington, London, England.
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French Arts décoratifs, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, that first appeared in Paris in the 1910s (just before World War I), and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s.
Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Atmospheric pressure
Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth.
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August Bank Holiday
The August Bank Holiday is a public holiday in the United Kingdom, part of the statutory bank holiday provision.
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Austin Motor Company
The Austin Motor Company Limited was an English manufacturer of motor vehicles, founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge.
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Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic telecommunications device that enables customers of financial institutions to perform financial transactions, such as cash withdrawals, deposits, funds transfers, balance inquiries or account information inquiries, at any time and without the need for direct interaction with bank staff.
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Baker Street
Baker Street is a street in the Marylebone district of the City of Westminster in London.
Balance of payments
In international economics, the balance of payments (also known as balance of international payments and abbreviated BOP or BoP) of a country is the difference between all money flowing into the country in a particular period of time (e.g., a quarter or a year) and the outflow of money to the rest of the world.
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Bank of England
The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based.
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Bank vole
The bank vole (Clethrionomys glareolus) is a small vole with red-brown fur and some grey patches, with a tail about half as long as its body.
Bankside Power Station
Bankside Power Station is a decommissioned electricity generating station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in the Bankside area of the Borough of Southwark, London.
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BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir London
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir (also commonly known as the Neasden Temple) is a Hindu temple in Neasden, London, England.
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Barbican Estate
The Barbican Estate, or Barbican, is a residential complex of around 2,000 flats, maisonettes, and houses in central London, England, within the City of London.
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Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is a professional association football club based in London Borough of Harrow, North West London.
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, commonly known as Barts or BL, is a medical and dental school in London, England.
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Battersea Park
Battersea Park is a 200-acre (83-hectare) green space at Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth in London.
Battersea Power Station
Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames in Nine Elms, Battersea in the London Borough of Wandsworth.
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Battle of Hastings
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England.
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Bayes Business School
Bayes Business School, formerly known as Cass Business School, is the business school of the City, University of London, located in St Luke's, just to the north of the City of London.
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
BBC Proms
The BBC Proms is an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts and other events held annually, predominantly in the Royal Albert Hall in central London.
Bedford
Bedford is a market town in Bedfordshire, England.
Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a ceremonial county in the East of England.
Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson was an English playwright and poet.
Benny Hill
Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill (21 January 1924 – 20 April 1992) was an English comedian, actor & scriptwriter.
Bevis Marks Synagogue
Bevis Marks Synagogue, officially Qahal Kadosh Sha'ar ha-Shamayim (Holy Congregation Gate of Heaven), is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located off Bevis Marks, Aldgate, in the City of London, England, in the United Kingdom.
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BFI IMAX
The BFI IMAX is an IMAX cinema in the South Bank district of London, just north of Waterloo station.
Bicycle-sharing system
A bicycle-sharing system, bike share program, public bicycle scheme, or public bike share (PBS) scheme, is a shared transport service where bicycles are available for shared use by individuals at low cost.
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Billy Ocean
Leslie Sebastian Charles (born 21 January 1950), known professionally as Billy Ocean, is a Trinidadian-born British singer and songwriter.
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London (formally Birkbeck College, University of London), is a research university located in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London.
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Biscuit
A biscuit, in English speaking countries such as Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, is a flour-based baked and shaped food item.
Black Death
The Black Death was a bubonic plague pandemic occurring in Europe from 1346 to 1353.
Blackheath F.C.
Blackheath Football Club is a rugby union club based in Well Hall, Eltham, in south-east London.
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Bletchley
Bletchley is a constituent town of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.
Bletchley Park
Bletchley Park is an English country house and estate in Bletchley, Milton Keynes (Buckinghamshire), that became the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War.
Blitz Kids
The Blitz Kids were a group of people who frequented the Tuesday club-night at Blitz in Covent Garden, London in 1979–1980, and are credited with launching the New Romantic subcultural movement.
Block party
A block party or street party is a party in which many members of a single community congregate, either to observe an event of some importance or simply for mutual solidarity and enjoyment.
Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury is a district in the West End of London, part of the London Borough of Camden in England.
Blowup
Blow-Up (sometimes styled as Blowup or Blow Up) is a 1966 psychological mystery film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, co-written by Antonioni, Tonino Guerra and Edward Bond and produced by Carlo Ponti.
Blur (band)
Blur are an English rock band formed in London in 1988.
Boudica
Boudica or Boudicca (from Brythonic *boudi 'victory, win' + *-kā 'having' suffix, i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as italics) was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61.
Bow Street Runners
The Bow Street Runners were the law enforcement officers of the Bow Street Magistrates' Court in the City of Westminster.
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Bow, London
Bow is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club is a professional association football club based in Brentford, West London, England.
Brick Lane
Brick Lane (Brik Len) is a famous street in the East End of London, in the borough of Tower Hamlets.
Brighton
Brighton is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the city of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England.
Brit Awards
The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards.
Britannia
Britannia is the national personification of Britain as a helmeted female warrior holding a trident and shield.
British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFTA Awards, is an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to honour the best British and international contributions to film.
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British Airways
British Airways plc (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
British Asians
British Asians (also referred to as Asian Britons) are British people of Asian descent.
British Chinese
British Chinese, also known as Chinese British or Chinese Britons, are people of Chineseparticularly Han Chineseancestry who reside in the United Kingdom, constituting the second-largest group of Overseas Chinese in Western Europe after France.
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British English
British English is the set of varieties of the English language native to the island of Great Britain.
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British Museum
The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.
British Transport Police
British Transport Police (BTP; Heddlu Trafnidiaeth Prydeinig) is a national special police force that polices the railway network of England, Wales and Scotland.
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Brixton Academy
Brixton Academy (originally known as the Astoria Variety Cinema, previously known as Carling Academy Brixton, currently named O2 Academy Brixton as part of a sponsorship deal with the O2 brand) is a mid-sized concert venue located in South West London, in the Lambeth district of Brixton.
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Broadcasting House
Broadcasting House is the headquarters of the BBC, in Portland Place and Langham Place, London.
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Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Brown long-eared bat
The brown long-eared bat or common long-eared bat (Plecotus auritus) is a small Eurasian insectivorous bat.
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Brown rat
The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat and Norwegian rat, is a widespread species of common rat.
Brownfield land
Brownfield is previously-developed land that has been abandoned or underutilized, and which may carry pollution, or a risk of pollution, from industrial use.
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Brunel University London
Brunel University London (BUL, and often known simply as Brunel) is a public research university located in the Uxbridge area of London, England.
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BT Tower
The BT Tower is a grade II listed communications tower in Fitzrovia, London, England, owned by BT Group.
Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace is a royal residence in London, and the administrative headquarters of the monarch of the United Kingdom.
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Bush (British band)
Bush are a British rock band formed in London in 1992.
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Bushy Park
Bushy Park in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is the second largest of London's Royal Parks, at in area, after Richmond Park.
Business jet
A business jet, private jet, or bizjet is a jet aircraft designed for transporting small groups of people, typically business executives and high-ranking associates.
C. S. Lewis
Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British writer, literary scholar, and Anglican lay theologian.
Cadbury
Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010.
Cadbury Report
The Cadbury Report, titled Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance, is a report issued by "The Committee on the Financial Aspects of Corporate Governance" chaired by Sir Adrian Cadbury, chairman of Cadbury, that sets out recommendations on the arrangement of company boards and accounting systems to mitigate corporate governance risks and failures.
Calais
Calais (traditionally) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Canary Wharf
Canary Wharf is an area of London, England, located near the Isle of Dogs in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Canterbury
Canterbury is a city and UNESCO World Heritage Site, in the county of Kent, England; it was a county borough until 1974.
Capital city
A capital city or just capital is the municipality holding primary status in a country, state, province, department, or other subnational division, usually as its seat of the government.
Capital Ring
The Capital Ring is a strategic circular walking route in London, around in length.
Carnaby Street
Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London.
Cat Stevens
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and musician.
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Cavalier
The term "Cavalier" was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of Charles I of England and his son Charles II during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 –). It was later adopted by the Royalists themselves.
Central business district
A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business center of a city.
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Central London
Central London is the innermost part of London, in England, spanning the City of London and several boroughs.
Ceremonial counties of England
Ceremonial counties, formally known as counties for the purposes of the lieutenancies, are areas of England to which lord-lieutenants are appointed.
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Chain store
A chain store or retail chain is a retail outlet in which several locations share a brand, central management and standardized business practices.
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation.
Channel Tunnel
The Channel Tunnel (Tunnel sous la Manche), sometimes referred to informally as the Chunnel, is a undersea railway tunnel, opened in 1994, that connects Folkestone (Kent, England) with Coquelles (Pas-de-Calais, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover.
Charing Cross
Charing Cross is a junction in Westminster, London, England, where six routes meet.
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic.
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Charles I of England
Charles I (19 November 1600 – 30 January 1649) was King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 27 March 1625 until his execution in 1649.
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is a 1964 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl.
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 188925 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film.
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Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is a professional association football club based in Charlton, south-east London, England.
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Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England.
Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, formally known as the Great Spring Show,Phil Clayton, The Great Temple Show in The Garden 2008, p.452, The Royal Horticultural Society is a garden show held for five days in May by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea in Chelsea, London.
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Chelsea, London
Chelsea is an affluent area in West London, England, due south-west of Charing Cross by approximately 2.5 miles.
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Chessington World of Adventures
Chessington World of Adventures Resort is a theme park, zoo and hotel complex in Chessington, Greater London, England, around southwest of Central London.
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Chester
Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England, on the River Dee, close to the England-Wales border. London and Chester are populated places established in the 1st century.
Chinatown, London
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the City of Westminster, London, bordering Soho to its north and west, Theatreland to the south and east.
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Chinese cuisine
Chinese cuisine comprises cuisines originating from China, as well as from Chinese people from other parts of the world.
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Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Christopher Lee
Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor, singer, and military officer.
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Christopher Nolan
Sir Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker.
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Christopher Robin Milne
Christopher Robin Milne (21 August 1920 – 20 April 1996) was an English author and bookseller and the only child of author A. A. Milne.
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Christopher Wren
Sir Christopher Wren FRS (–) was an English architect, astronomer, mathematician and physicist who was one of the most highly acclaimed architects in the history of England.
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Church of England
The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies.
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City and South London Railway
The City and South London Railway (C&SLR) was the first successful deep-level underground "tube" railway in the world, and the first major railway to use electric traction.
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City Hall, London (Southwark)
City Hall is a building in Southwark, London, which previously served as the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) between July 2002 and December 2021.
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City of London
The City of London, also known as the City, is a city, ceremonial county and local government district that contains the ancient centre, and constitutes, along with Canary Wharf, the primary central business district (CBD) of London and one of the leading financial centres of the world. London and city of London are greater London.
City of London Corporation
The City of London Corporation, officially and legally the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London, is the local authority of the City of London, the historic centre of London and the location of much of the United Kingdom's financial sector.
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City of London Police
The City of London Police is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement within the City of London, England, including the Middle and Inner Temples.
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City of London School
The City of London School, also known as CLS and City, is a private day school for boys in the City of London, England, on the banks of the River Thames next to the Millennium Bridge, opposite Tate Modern.
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City of Westminster
The City of Westminster is a London borough with city status in Greater London, England.
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City status in the United Kingdom
City status in the United Kingdom is granted by the monarch of the United Kingdom to specific centres of population, which might or might not meet the generally accepted definition of cities.
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City, University of London
City, University of London is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, and a member institution of the federal University of London.
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Claridge's
Claridge's is a 5-star hotel at the corner of Brook Street and Davies Street in Mayfair, London.
Clean Air Act 1956
The Clean Air Act 1956 (4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom enacted principally in response to London's Great Smog of 1952.
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Cliff Richard
Sir Cliff Richard (born Harry Rodger Webb; 14 October 1940) is a British singer and actor.
Cockney
Cockney is a dialect of the English language, mainly spoken in London and its environs, particularly by Londoners with working-class and lower middle-class roots.
Coffeehouse
A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino.
Colchester
Colchester is a city in northeastern Essex, England.
Coldplay
Coldplay are a British rock band formed in London in 1997, consisting of vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, drummer and percussionist Will Champion, and manager Phil Harvey.
Common frog
The common frog or grass frog (Rana temporaria), also known as the European common frog, European common brown frog, European grass frog, European Holarctic true frog, European pond frog or European brown frog, is a semi-aquatic amphibian of the family Ranidae, found throughout much of Europe as far north as Scandinavia and as far east as the Urals, except for most of the Iberian Peninsula, southern Italy, and the southern Balkans.
Common pipistrelle
The common pipistrelle (Pipistrellus pipistrellus) is a small pipistrelle microbat whose very large range extends across most of Europe, North Africa, South Asia, and may extend into Korea.
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Common toad
The common toad, European toad, or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the toad (Bufo bufo, from Latin bufo "toad"), is a frog found throughout most of Europe (with the exception of Ireland, Iceland, parts of Scandinavia, and some Mediterranean islands), in the western part of North Asia, and in a small portion of Northwest Africa.
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire.
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Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative and Unionist Party, commonly the Conservative Party and colloquially known as the Tories, is one of the two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party.
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Continental Europe
Continental Europe or mainland Europe is the contiguous mainland of Europe, excluding its surrounding islands.
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Convention (political norm)
A convention (also known as a constitutional convention) is an informal and uncodified tradition that is followed by the institutions of a state.
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Corn Laws
The Corn Laws were tariffs and other trade restrictions on imported food and corn enforced in the United Kingdom between 1815 and 1846.
Corporate governance
Corporate governance are mechanisms, processes and relations by which corporations are controlled and operated ("governed").
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Costermonger
A costermonger, coster, or costard is a street seller of fruit and vegetables in British towns.
Counties of England
The counties of England are a type of subdivision of England.
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Country Life (magazine)
Country Life (stylised in all caps) is a British weekly perfect-bound glossy magazine that is published by Future plc.
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County of London
The County of London was a county of England from 1889 to 1965, corresponding to the area known today as Inner London.
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Courtauld Institute of Art
The Courtauld Institute of Art, commonly referred to as the Courtauld, is a self-governing college of the University of London specialising in the study of the history of art and conservation.
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Covent Garden
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane.
Cricket World Cup
The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket.
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Crossrail
Crossrail is a completed railway project centred on London.
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club (commonly referred to as simply Palace) is a professional football club based in Selhurst in the Borough of Croydon, South London, England.
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Culture Club
Culture Club are an English new wave band formed in London in 1981.
Culture of London
London has, alongside New York, been described as the cultural capital of the world.
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Da Ali G Show
Da Ali G Show is an English satirical sketch comedy television series created by and starring English comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.
Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club is a professional association football club based in Dagenham, Greater London, England.
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Danelaw
The Danelaw (also known as the Danelagh; Danelagen; Dena lagu) was the part of England in which the laws of the Danes held sway and dominated those of the Anglo-Saxons.
Danes
Danes (danskere) are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark.
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Daniel Day-Lewis
Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English retired actor.
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Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe (born Daniel Foe; 1660 – 24 April 1731) was an English novelist, journalist, merchant, pamphleteer and spy.
Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor.
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David Attenborough
Sir David Frederick Attenborough (born 8 May 1926) is a British broadcaster, biologist, natural historian, and writer.
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David Bowie
David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.
David Lean
Sir David Lean (25 March 190816 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter, and editor, widely considered one of the most important figures of British cinema.
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
Deliberative assembly
A deliberative assembly is a meeting of members who use parliamentary procedure.
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Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category.
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Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980.
Dido (singer)
Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong when asked to say her real name.
Digestive biscuit
A digestive biscuit, sometimes described as a sweet-meal biscuit, is a semi-sweet biscuit that originated in Scotland.
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Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in London in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals) and Pick Withers (drums and percussion).
Disneyland Paris
Disneyland Paris is an entertainment resort in Marne-la-Vallée, France.
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Districts of England
The districts of England (officially, local authority districts, abbreviated LADs) are a level of subnational division of England used for the purposes of local government.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
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Docklands Light Railway
The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) is an automated light metro system primarily serving the redeveloped Docklands area of London and providing a direct connection between London's two major financial districts, Canary Wharf and the City of London.
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Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television series broadcast by the BBC since 1963.
Double-decker bus
A double-decker bus or double-deck bus is a bus that has two storeys or decks.
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Drum and bass
Drum and bass (commonly abbreviated as DnB, D&B, or D'n'B) is a genre of electronic dance music characterised by fast breakbeats (typically 165–185 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-bass lines, samples, and synthesizers.
Dunking (biscuit)
To dunk or to dip a biscuit or some other food, usually baked goods, means to submerge it into a drink, especially tea, coffee, or milk.
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Dusty Springfield
Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer.
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Ealing comedies
The Ealing comedies is an informal name for a series of comedy films produced by the London-based Ealing Studios during a ten-year period from 1947 to 1957.
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Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios is a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in west London, England.
East Coast Main Line
The East Coast Main Line (ECML) is a electrified railway between its northern terminus at and southern terminus at London King's Cross station.
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East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.
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EastEnders
EastEnders is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985.
EasyJet
EasyJet plc (styled as easyJet) is a British multinational low-cost airline group headquartered at London Luton Airport.
Economy of the United Kingdom
The economy of the United Kingdom is a highly developed social market economy.
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Eddy Grant
Edmond Montague Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-British singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known for his genre-blending sound and socially-conscious lyrics; his music has blended elements of pop, British rock, soul, funk, reggae, electronic music, African polyrhythms, and Latin music genres such as samba, among many others.
Edgware
Edgware is a suburban town in northern Greater London, mostly in the London Borough of Barnet but with some parts falling in the London Borough of Harrow and in the London Borough of Brent.
Edict of Expulsion
The Edict of Expulsion was a royal decree expelling all Jews from the Kingdom of England that was issued by Edward I 18 July 1290; it was the first time a European state is known to have permanently banned their presence.
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas. London and Edinburgh are capital cities in the United Kingdom and capitals in Europe.
Education in London
London is a leading global educational centre, having one of the largest populations of overseas students of any city in the world.
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Edward I of England
Edward I (17/18 June 1239 – 7 July 1307), also known as Edward Longshanks and the Hammer of the Scots, was King of England from 1272 to 1307.
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Edward Johnston
Edward Johnston, CBE (11 February 1872 – 26 November 1944) was a British craftsman who is regarded, with Rudolf Koch, as the father of modern calligraphy, in the particular form of the broad-edged pen as a writing tool.
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Edward the Confessor
Edward the Confessor (1003 – 5 January 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon English king and saint. Usually considered the last king of the House of Wessex, he ruled from 1042 until his death in 1066. Edward was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother – Harthacnut.
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Eleanor cross
The Eleanor crosses were a series of twelve tall and lavishly decorated stone monuments topped with crosses erected in a line down part of the east of England.
Elstree Studios
Elstree Studios is a generic term which can refer to several current and demolished British film studios and television studios based in or around the town of Borehamwood and village of Elstree in Hertfordshire, England.
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Elvis Costello
Declan Patrick MacManus (born 25 August 1954), known professionally as Elvis Costello, is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, author and television presenter.
Emergency medical services
Emergency medical services (EMS), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care.
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EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.
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Emma Thompson
Dame Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is a British actress and writer.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
England and Wales
England and Wales is one of the three legal jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.
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England cricket team
The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket.
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England national football team
The England national football team have represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872.
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England national rugby union team
The England men's national rugby union team represents the Rugby Football Union in men's international rugby union.
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England women's national football team
The England women's national football team, nicknamed the Lionesses, has been governed by the Football Association (FA) since 1993, having been previously administered by the Women's Football Association (WFA).
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English Civil War
The English Civil War refers to a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England from 1642 to 1651.
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English country house
An English country house is a large house or mansion in the English countryside.
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English National Ballet
English National Ballet is a classical ballet company founded by Dame Alicia Markova and Sir Anton Dolin as London Festival Ballet and based in London, England.
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English National Opera
English National Opera (ENO) is a British opera company based in London, resident at the London Coliseum in St Martin's Lane.
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English Renaissance theatre
English Renaissance theatre, also known as Renaissance English theatre and Elizabethan theatre, refers to the theatre of England between 1558 and 1642.
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Environment Agency
The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-departmental public body, established in 1996 and sponsored by the United Kingdom government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with responsibilities relating to the protection and enhancement of the environment in England (and until 2013 also Wales).
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Epping Forest
Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex.
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton (born 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter.
ESCP Business School
ESCP Business School (École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris; Paris Higher School of Commerce) is a French business school and grande école founded in Paris and based across Europe with campuses in Paris, Berlin, London, Madrid, Turin, and Warsaw.
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Estuary
An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.
Estuary English
Estuary English is an English accent, continuum of accents, or continuum of accent features associated with the area along the River Thames and its estuary, including London, since the late 20th century.
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Eurasian otter
The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, European river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia and Maghreb.
European badger
The European badger (Meles meles), also known as the Eurasian badger, is a badger species in the family Mustelidae native to Europe and West Asia and parts of Central Asia.
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European hare
The European hare (Lepus europaeus), also known as the brown hare, is a species of hare native to Europe and parts of Asia.
European hedgehog
The European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), also known as the West European hedgehog or common hedgehog, is a hedgehog species native to Europe from Iberia and Italy northwards into Scandinavia and westwards into the British Isles.
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European mole
The European mole (Talpa europaea) is a mammal of the order Eulipotyphla.
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe.
European water vole
The European water vole (Arvicola amphibius) or northern water vole, is a semi-aquatic rodent.
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Eurostar
Eurostar is an international high-speed rail service in Western Europe, connecting Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.
Eurostat
Eurostat ('European Statistical Office'; DG ESTAT) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission located in the Kirchberg quarter of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.
Eurythmics
Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart.
Euston railway station
Euston railway station (or London Euston) is a major central London railway terminus managed by Network Rail in the London Borough of Camden.
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Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II
The evacuation of civilians in Britain during the Second World War was designed to defend individuals, especially children, from the risks associated with aerial bombing of cities by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.
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Evening Standard
The Evening Standard, formerly The Standard (1827–1904), is a long-established newspaper, since 2009 a local free newspaper in tabloid format, with a website on the Internet, published in London, England.
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Executive (government)
The executive, also referred to as the juditian or executive power, is that part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power.
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Festival of Britain
The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition and fair that reached millions of visitors throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951.
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Financial services
Financial services are economic services tied to finance provided by financial institutions.
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Financial Times
The Financial Times (FT) is a British daily newspaper printed in broadsheet and also published digitally that focuses on business and economic current affairs.
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Finchley
Finchley is a large district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Barnet. Finchley is on high ground, north of Charing Cross. Nearby districts include: Golders Green, Muswell Hill, Friern Barnet, Whetstone, Mill Hill and Hendon. It is predominantly a residential suburb, with three town centres: North Finchley, East Finchley and Finchley Church End (Finchley Central).
Fish and chips
Fish and chips is a hot dish consisting of fried fish in batter, served with chips.
Fleet Street
Fleet Street is a street in Central London, England.
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band formed in London in 1967 by guitarist and singer Peter Green.
Floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river.
Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910) was an English social reformer, statistician and the founder of modern nursing.
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Flying Scotsman (railway service)
The Flying Scotsman is an express passenger train service that operates between Edinburgh and London, the capitals respectively of Scotland and England, via the East Coast Main Line.
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Fortune 500
The Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune magazine that ranks 500 of the largest United States corporations by total revenue for their respective fiscal years.
Framestore
Framestore is a British animation and visual effects studio based on Chancery Lane in London, England.
Frank Stenton
Sir Frank Merry Stenton FBA (17 May 1880 – 15 September 1967) was an English historian of Anglo-Saxon England, a professor of history at the University of Reading (1926–1946), president of the Royal Historical Society (1937–1945), Reading University's vice-chancellor (1946–1950).
Frank Whittle
Air Commodore Sir Frank Whittle, (1 June 1907 – 8 August 1996) was an English engineer, inventor and Royal Air Force (RAF) air officer.
FTSE 100 Index
The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index, also called the FTSE 100 Index, FTSE 100, FTSE, or, informally, the "Footsie", is the United Kingdom's best-known stock market index of the 100 most highly capitalised blue chips listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Fulham F.C.
Fulham Football Club is a professional football club based in Fulham, West London, England.
G-A-Y
G-A-Y is a long-running gay nightclub brand, based at the Heaven nightclub in Charing Cross, London, owned by Jeremy Joseph.
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Gary Numan
Gary Anthony James Webb (born 8 March 1958), known professionally as Gary Numan, is an English musician.
Gary Oldman
Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker.
Gatwick Airport
London Gatwick, also known as Gatwick Airport, is the secondary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
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Gay bar
A gay bar is a drinking establishment that caters to an exclusively or predominantly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (LGBTQ+) clientele; the term gay is used as a broadly inclusive concept for LGBTQ+ communities.
General aviation
General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations except for commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services for other purposes.
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Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffrey Chaucer (– 25 October 1400) was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales.
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George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until his death in 1820.
George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou; 25 June 1963 – 25 December 2016) was an English singer-songwriter, record producer and philanthropist.
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell, a name inspired by his favourite place River Orwell.
Georgian era
The Georgian era was a period in British history from 1714 to, named after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George IV.
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) and to the works they jointly created.
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GKT School of Medical Education
GKT School of Medical Education (abbreviated: GKT) is the medical school of King's College London.
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Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom in the early 1970s and was performed by male musicians who wore flamboyant and feminine clothing, makeup, and hairstyles, particularly platform shoes and glitter, and female musicians who wore masculine clothing.
Global city
A global city, also known as a power city, world city, alpha city, or world center, is a city that serves as a primary node in the global economic network. The concept originates from geography and urban studies, based on the thesis that globalization has created a hierarchy of strategic geographic locations with varying degrees of influence over finance, trade, and culture worldwide.
Globe Theatre
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare.
Golders Green
Golders Green is an area in the London Borough of Barnet in England.
Goldsmiths, University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London, legally the Goldsmiths' College, is a constituent research university of the University of London.
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Gorillaz
Gorillaz are an English virtual band created in 1998 by musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett, from London.
Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction, sometimes called Gothic horror (primarily in the 20th century), is a loose literary aesthetic of fear and haunting.
Gray squirrel
Gray squirrel or grey squirrel may refer to several species of squirrel indigenous to North America.
Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England.
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Great Smog of London
The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952.
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Greater London Authority
The Greater London Authority (GLA), colloquially known by the metonym City Hall, is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London, England. London and Greater London Authority are greater London.
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Greater London Council
The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. London and Greater London Council are greater London.
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Green Park
The Green Park, one of the Royal Parks of London, is in the City of Westminster, Central London.
Greenwich
Greenwich is a town in south-east London, England, within the ceremonial county of Greater London.
Greenwich Mean Time
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the local mean time at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, London, counted from midnight.
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Greenwich Park
Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London.
Greenwich Peninsula
The Greenwich Peninsula is an area of Greenwich in South East London, England.
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Grime music
Grime is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) that emerged in London in the early 2000s.
GSS coding system
GSS codes are nine-character geocodes maintained by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics (ONS) to represent a wide range of geographical areas of the UK, for use in tabulating census and other statistical data.
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Guildhall School of Music and Drama
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama is a music and drama school located in the City of London, England.
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Gunpowder Plot
The Gunpowder Plot of 1605, in earlier centuries often called the Gunpowder Treason Plot or the Jesuit Treason, was an unsuccessful attempted regicide against King James I by a group of English Catholics led by Robert Catesby who considered their actions attempted tyrannicide and who sought regime change in England after decades of religious persecution.
Guthrum
Guthrum (Guðrum, c. 835 – c. 890) was King of East Anglia in the late 9th century.
Guy Ritchie
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter.
H-dropping
H-dropping or aitch-dropping is the deletion of the voiceless glottal fricative or "H-sound",.
H. G. Wells
Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 – 13 August 1946) was an English writer.
Haberdashers' Boys' School
Haberdashers' Boys' School (formally Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School), is a 4–18 boys public school in Elstree, Hertfordshire, England.
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Hackney carriage
A hackney or hackney carriage (also called a cab, black cab, hack or London taxi) is a carriage or car for hire.
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Hamburg
Hamburg (Hamborg), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,.
Hamleys
Hamleys of London Limited, trading as Hamleys, is a British multinational toy retailer, owned by Reliance Retail.
Hammer Film Productions
Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London.
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Hammersmith Apollo
The Hammersmith Apollo, currently called the Eventim Apollo for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the Hammersmith Odeon, is a live entertainment performance venue, originally built as a cinema called the Gaumont Palace.
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Hampstead
Hampstead is an area in London, England, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland.
Hampstead Heath
Hampstead Heath is an ancient heath in London, spanning.
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Hampton Court Palace
Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames.
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Hampton Court Park
Hampton Court Park, also known as Home Park, is a walled royal park managed by the Historic Royal Palaces.
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Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was a medieval commercial and defensive network of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe.
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Hard Rock Cafe
Hard Rock Cafe, Inc. is a chain of theme bar-restaurants, memorabilia shops, casinos and museums founded in 1971 by Isaac Tigrett and Peter Morton in London.
Harlequin F.C.
Harlequins (officially Harlequin Football Club) is a professional rugby union club that plays in Premiership Rugby, the top level of English rugby union.
Harlesden
Harlesden is a district in the London Borough of Brent, North West London.
Harrods
Harrods is a British luxury department store located on Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London, England.
Harrow School
Harrow School is a public school (English boarding school for boys) in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England.
Hawker (trade)
A hawker is a vendor of merchandise that can be easily transported; the term is roughly synonymous with costermonger or peddler.
Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport, called London Airport until 1966, is the main international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress.
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Hendon
Hendon is an urban area in the London Borough of Barnet, northwest London northwest of Charing Cross.
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire (or; often abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and one of the home counties.
High Speed 1
High Speed 1 (HS1), legally the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL), is a high-speed railway linking London with the Channel Tunnel.
High Street
High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.
Highgate School
Highgate School, formally Sir Roger Cholmeley's School at Highgate, is a co-educational, fee-charging, private day school, founded in 1565 in Highgate, London, England.
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Hindu temple
A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Koil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers.
Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
His Majesty's Coastguard
His Majesty's Coastguard (HMCG) is the section of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency responsible, through the Secretary of State for Transport to Parliament, for the initiation and co-ordination of all maritime search and rescue (SAR) within the UK Maritime Search and Rescue Region.
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Historic counties of England
The historic counties of England are areas that were established for administration by the Normans, in many cases based on earlier kingdoms and shires created by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes, Celts and others.
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Historic Royal Palaces
Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity that manages six of the United Kingdom's royal palaces, five in London and one in Northern Ireland.
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History of the Jews in England
The history of the Jews in England goes back to the reign of William the Conqueror.
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History of the Jews in England (1066–1290)
The first Jews in England arrived after the Norman Conquest of the country by William the Conqueror (the future William I) in 1066, and the first written record of Jewish settlement in England dates from 1070.
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Home counties
The home counties are the counties of England that surround London. London and home counties are greater London and southern England.
Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate are a British soul band popular during the 1970s and 1980s, formed by Errol Brown and Tony Wilson.
House music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute.
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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Hugh Grant
Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor.
Hyde Park, London
Hyde Park is a, historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London.
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Hydrology
Hydrology is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources, and drainage basin sustainability.
Iain Sinclair
Iain Sinclair FRSL (born 11 June 1943) is a writer and filmmaker.
Iceni
The Iceni or Eceni were an ancient tribe of eastern Britain during the Iron Age and early Roman era.
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Idris Elba
Idrissa Akuna Elba (born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, rapper, singer, and DJ.
Imperial College Business School
Imperial College Business School, a division of Imperial College London in England, was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Imperial College London
Imperial College London (Imperial) is a public research university in London, England.
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Imperial College School of Medicine
Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM) is the undergraduate medical school of Imperial College London in England and one of the United Hospitals.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution, sometimes divided into the First Industrial Revolution and Second Industrial Revolution, was a period of global transition of the human economy towards more widespread, efficient and stable manufacturing processes that succeeded the Agricultural Revolution.
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Inner London
Inner London is the name for the group of London boroughs that form the interior part of Greater London and are surrounded by Outer London.
International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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International Territorial Level
International Territorial Level (ITL) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of the United Kingdom for statistical purposes, used by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Irish people in Great Britain
Irish people in Great Britain or British Irish are immigrants from the island of Ireland living in Great Britain as well as their British-born descendants.
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Irish Travellers
Irish Travellers (an lucht siúil, meaning the walking people), also known as Pavees or Mincéirs (Shelta: Mincéirí), are a traditionally peripatetic indigenous ethno-cultural group originating in Ireland.
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Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.
Islington
Islington is a district in the north of Greater London, England, and part of the London Borough of Islington.
ITV (TV network)
ITV, legally known as Channel 3, is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network.
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J. Lyons and Co.
J.
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James Bond
The James Bond series focuses on the titular character, a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.
James Stirling (architect)
Sir James Frazer Stirling (22 April 1926 – 25 June 1992) was a British architect.
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James VI and I
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
Jamiroquai
Jamiroquai are an English acid jazz and funk band from London.
Jay Sean
Kamaljit Singh Jhooti (born 26 March 1981), better known by the stage name Jay Sean, is a British singer and songwriter.
John Galliano
John Charles Galliano, (born 28 November 1960), is a British fashion designer.
John Lyon School
John Lyon School (prior to 1965 The Lower School of John Lyon) is an academically selective private co-educational day school for pupils aged 3 to 18 in Harrow on the Hill, Greater London, England.
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Joseph Swan
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 – 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor.
Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor.
Julie Andrews
Dame Julie Andrews (born Julia Elizabeth Wells; 1 October 1935) is an English actress, singer, and author.
Julie Christie
Julie Frances Christie (born 14 April 1940) is a British actress.
Kate Bush
Catherine Bush (born 30 July 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, record producer and dancer.
Kate Moss
Katherine Ann Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English model.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kearney (consulting firm)
Kearney is an American global management consulting firm with offices in more than 40 countries worldwide.
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Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley (born 26 March 1985) is an English actress.
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Kensington
Kensington is an area of London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, around west of Central London.
Kensington Gardens
Kensington Gardens, once the private gardens of Kensington Palace, are among the Royal Parks of London.
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Kent
Kent is a county in the South East England region, the closest county to continental Europe.
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Kenwood House
Kenwood House (also known as the Iveagh Bequest) is a former stately home in Hampstead, London, on the northern boundary of Hampstead Heath.
Kew
Kew is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames.
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King's College London
King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England.
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King's Cross, London
King's Cross is a district in the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington, located on either side of Euston Road, in the outskirts of north London and central London, England, north of Charing Cross.
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King's Official Birthday
The King's Official Birthday is the selected day in most Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch is officially celebrated in those countries.
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King's Road
King's Road or Kings Road (or sometimes the King's Road, especially when it was the king's private road until 1830, or as a colloquialism by middle/upper class London residents) is a major street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both in west London, England.
Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge is a residential and retail district in central London, south of Hyde Park.
Lambeth Palace
Lambeth Palace is the official London residence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Latin
Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.
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Laurence Olivier
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson and John Gielgud, was one of a trio of male actors who dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century.
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Lübeck
Lübeck (Low German: Lübęk or Lübeek ˈlyːbeːk; Latin: Lubeca), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany.
Learned society
A learned society (also learned academy, scholarly society, or academic association) is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline, profession, or a group of related disciplines such as the arts and sciences.
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Least weasel
The least weasel (Mustela nivalis), little weasel, common weasel, or simply weasel is the smallest member of the genus Mustela, family Mustelidae and order Carnivora.
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
Legoland Windsor Resort
Legoland Windsor Resort, styled and also known as Legoland Windsor, is a theme park and resort in Windsor, Berkshire in England, themed around the Lego brand.
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Leicester Square
Leicester Square is a pedestrianised square in the West End of London, England.
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Letitia Elizabeth Landon
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (14 August 1802 – 15 October 1838) was an English poet and novelist, better known by her initials L.E.L. Landon's writings are emblematic of the transition from Romanticism to Victorian literature.
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Lewisham
Lewisham is an area of southeast London, England, south of Charing Cross.
Leyton Orient F.C.
Leyton Orient Football Club is a professional association football club based in Leyton, Waltham Forest, Greater London, England.
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Lille
Lille (Rijsel; Lile; Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, within French Flanders.
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List of churches in London
This is a list of cathedrals, churches and chapels in Greater London, England, which is divided into 32 London boroughs and the City of London.
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List of cities in the United Kingdom
This is a list of cities in the United Kingdom that are officially designated such.
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List of London Assembly constituencies
Greater London is divided into fourteen territorial constituencies for London Assembly elections, each returning one member.
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List of London railway stations
This is a list of the 356 heavy rail passenger stations in and around London, England (340 being within the boundary of Greater London) where London area ticketing applies.
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List of London Underground stations
The London Underground is a metro system in the United Kingdom that serves Greater London and the home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire.
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List of metropolitan areas in Europe
This list ranks metropolitan areas in Europe by their population according to three different sources; it includes metropolitan areas that have a population of over 1 million.
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List of museums in London
This is a list of museums in London, the capital city of England and the United Kingdom.
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List of newspapers in the United Kingdom
Twelve daily newspapers and eleven Sunday-only weekly newspapers are distributed nationally in the United Kingdom.
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List of sovereign states
The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.
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List of tallest buildings and structures in London
At, St Paul's Cathedral was the tallest building in London from 1710 until it was eventually surpassed by the 118 metre (387 ft) Millbank Tower in 1963.
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List of the busiest airports
The definition of world's busiest airport has been specified by the Airports Council International in Montreal, Canada.
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List of universities and higher education colleges in London
London has one of the largest concentrations of universities and higher education institutions in the world.
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List of urban areas in the United Kingdom
This is a list of the most populous urban areas in the United Kingdom based on the 2011 census, as defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Literacy
Literacy is the ability to read and write.
Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's of London, generally known simply as Lloyd's, is an insurance and reinsurance market located in London, United Kingdom.
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LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman
No.
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Londinium
Londinium, also known as Roman London, was the capital of Roman Britain during most of the period of Roman rule. London and Londinium are 1st-century establishments in Roman Britain and populated places established in the 1st century.
London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London.
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London Assembly
The London Assembly is a 25-member elected body, part of the Greater London Authority, that scrutinises the activities of the Mayor of London and has the power, with a two-thirds supermajority, to amend the Mayor's annual budget and to reject the Mayor's draft statutory strategies.
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London Astoria
The London Astoria was a music venue at 157 Charing Cross Road, in London, England, that operated from 1976 to 2009.
London bid for the 2012 Summer Olympics
London 2012 was the successful bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics, held in London with most events taking place in Stratford in the borough of Newham.
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London Borough of Brent
Brent is a borough in north-west London, England.
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London Borough of Harrow
The London Borough of Harrow is a London borough in northwest London, England; it forms part of Outer London.
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London Borough of Hillingdon
The London Borough of Hillingdon is a London borough in Greater London, England.
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London Borough of Lambeth
Lambeth is a London borough in South London, England, which forms part of Inner London.
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London Borough of Newham
The London Borough of Newham is a London borough created in 1965 by the London Government Act 1963.
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London Borough of Southwark
The London Borough of Southwark in South London forms part of Inner London and is connected by bridges across the River Thames to the City of London and London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets
The London Borough of Tower Hamlets is a borough of London, England.
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London boroughs
The London boroughs are the 32 local authority districts that together with the City of London make up the administrative area of Greater London, England; each is governed by a London borough council. London and London boroughs are greater London.
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London Broncos
The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club based in Wimbledon, England.
London Buses
London Buses is the subsidiary of Transport for London (TfL) that manages most bus services in London, England.
London Business School
London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London.
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London Central Mosque
The London Central Mosque (also known as the Regent's Park Mosque) is an Islamic place of worship located on the edge of Regent's Park in central London.
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London City Airport
London City Airport is a city airport in London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
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London Coliseum
The London Coliseum (also known as the Coliseum Theatre) is a theatre in St Martin's Lane, Westminster, built as one of London's largest and most luxurious "family" variety theatres.
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London congestion charge
The London congestion charge is a fee charged on most cars and motor vehicles being driven within the Congestion Charge Zone (CCZ) in Central London between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm Monday to Friday, and between 12:00 noon and 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday.
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London Contemporary Dance School
London Contemporary Dance School (informally LCDS) is a contemporary dance school located in London, England and a part of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama.
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London Councils
London Councils is the collective of local government in Greater London, England.
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London County Council
The London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London throughout its existence from 1889 to 1965, and the first London-wide general municipal authority to be directly elected.
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London Docklands
London Docklands is the riverfront and former docks in London.
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London Eye
The London Eye, or the Millennium Wheel, is a cantilevered observation wheel on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.
London Inner Ring Road
The London Inner Ring Road, or Ring Road as signposted, is a route with an average diameter of formed from a number of major roads that encircle Central London.
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London King's Cross railway station
King's Cross railway station, also known as London King's Cross, is a passenger railway terminus in the London Borough of Camden, on the edge of Central London.
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London Marathon
The London Marathon (also known as the TCS London Marathon for sponsorship reasons) is an annual marathon held in London, England.
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London metropolitan area
The London metropolitan area is the metropolitan area of London, England. London and London metropolitan area are greater London.
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London Metropolitan University
London Metropolitan University, commonly known as London Met, is a public research university in London, England.
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London Outer Orbital Path
The London Outer Orbital Path — more usually the "London LOOP" — is a 150-mile (242 km) signed walk along public footpaths, and through parks, woods and fields around the edge of Outer London, England, described as "the M25 for walkers".
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London Paddington station
Paddington, also known as London Paddington, is a London railway station and London Underground station complex, located on Praed Street in the Paddington area.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is one of five permanent symphony orchestras based in London.
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London postal district
The London postal district is the area in England of to which mail addressed to the London post town is delivered.
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London School of Economics
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is a public research university in London, England, and amember institution of the University of London.
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London Scottish F.C.
London Scottish Football Club is a rugby union club in England.
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London South Bank University
London South Bank University (LSBU) is a public university in Elephant and Castle, London.
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London Southend Airport
London Southend Airport is a minor international airport situated on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, approximately from the centre of London.
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London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport is the tertiary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom.
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London Stock Exchange
The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England.
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London Symphony Orchestra
The London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London.
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London Underground
The London Underground (also known simply as the Underground or by its nickname the Tube) is a rapid transit system serving Greater London and some parts of the adjacent home counties of Buckinghamshire, Essex and Hertfordshire in England.
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London Wall
The London Wall is a defensive wall first built by the Romans around the strategically important port town of Londinium in AD 200, as well as the name of a modern street in the City of London, England.
London Waterloo station
Waterloo station, also known as London Waterloo, is a major central London terminus on the National Rail network in the United Kingdom, in the Waterloo area of the London Borough of Lambeth.
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London Zoo
London Zoo, previously known as ZSL London Zoo or London Zoological Gardens and sometimes called Regent's Park Zoo, is the world's oldest scientific zoo.
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east–west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body.
Lord Mayor of London
The Lord Mayor of London is the mayor of the City of London, England, and the leader of the City of London Corporation.
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Lord Mayor's Show
The Lord Mayor's Show is one of the best-known annual events in London as well as one of the longest-established, dating back to the 13th century.
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Lord's
Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.
Love Actually
Love Actually is a 2003 romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis.
Low Countries
The Low Countries (de Lage Landen; les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Nederland, which is singular).
Lower Lea Valley
The Lower Lea Valley is the southern end of the Lea Valley which surrounds the River Lea in eastern Greater London.
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Lower middle class
In developed nations around the world, the lower middle class is a subdivision of the greater middle class.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II.
Luton Airport
London Luton Airport is an international airport located in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, situated east of the town centre, and north of Central London.
M1 motorway
The M1 motorway connects London to Leeds, where it joins the A1(M) near Aberford, to connect to Newcastle.
M25 motorway
The M25 or London Orbital Motorway is a major road encircling most of Greater London.
Madame Tussauds
Madame Tussauds is a wax museum founded in London in 1835 by the French wax sculptor Marie Tussaud.
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Madness (band)
Madness are an English ska and pop band from Camden Town, north west London, who formed in 1976.
Manolo Blahnik
Manuel "Manolo" Blahnik Rodríguez (born 27 November 1942) is a Spanish fashion designer and founder of the eponymous high-end shoe brand.
Marble Arch
The Marble Arch is a 19th-century white marble-faced triumphal arch in London, England.
Marc Bolan
Marc Bolan (born Mark Feld; 30 September 1947 – 16 September 1977) was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet.
Marsh
In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.
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Marshall Amplification
Marshall Amplification is a British company that designs and manufactures music amplifiers and speaker cabinets.
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Mary Poppins (film)
Mary Poppins is a 1964 American musical fantasy comedy film directed by Robert Stevenson and produced by Walt Disney, with songs written and composed by the Sherman Brothers.
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Mary Quant
Dame Barbara Mary Quant (11 February 1930 – 13 April 2023) was a British fashion designer and icon.
Masters (snooker)
The Masters is a professional invitational snooker tournament.
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Mayfair
Mayfair is an area in London, England and is located in the City of Westminster.
Mayor of London
The mayor of London is the chief executive of the Greater London Authority.
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McVitie's
McVitie's is a British snack food brand owned by United Biscuits.
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Megacity
A megacity is a very large city, typically with a population of more than 10 million people.
Melanism
Melanism is the congenital excess of melanin in an organism resulting in dark pigment.
Mercantilism
Mercantilism is a nationalist economic policy that is designed to maximize the exports and minimize the imports for an economy.
Metonymy
Metonymy is a figure of speech in which a concept is referred to by the name of something closely associated with that thing or concept.
Metropolitan Board of Works
The Metropolitan Board of Works (MBW) was the upper tier of local government for London between 1856 and 1889, primarily responsible for upgrading infrastructure.
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Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly known as the Metropolitan Police, which is still its common name, serves as the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within Greater London.
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MI5
MI5 (Military Intelligence, Section 5), officially the Security Service, is the United Kingdom's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and Defence Intelligence (DI).
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Michael Bond
Thomas Michael Bond (13 January 1926 – 27 June 2017) was an English author.
Michael Caine
Sir Michael Caine (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is a retired English actor.
Michael Faraday
Michael Faraday (22 September 1791 – 25 August 1867) was an English scientist who contributed to the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.
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Michael Powell
Michael Latham Powell (30 September 1905 – 19 February 1990) was an English filmmaker, celebrated for his partnership with Emeric Pressburger.
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Middlesex
Middlesex (abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England.
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.
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Middlesex University
Middlesex University London (legally Middlesex University and abbreviated to MDX) is a public research university based in Hendon, northwest London, England.
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Millennium Bridge, London
The Millennium Bridge, officially known as the London Millennium Footbridge, is a steel suspension bridge for pedestrians crossing the River Thames in London, England, linking Bankside with the City of London.
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Millennium Dome
The Millennium Dome was the original name of the large dome-shaped building on the Greenwich Peninsula in South East London, England, which housed a major exhibition celebrating the beginning of the third millennium.
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Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is a professional football club in Bermondsey, South East London, England.
Miniskirt
A miniskirt (sometimes hyphenated as mini-skirt, separated as mini skirt, or sometimes shortened to simply mini) is a skirt with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level, normally no longer than below the buttocks; and a dress with such a hemline is called a minidress or a miniskirt dress.
Monarchy of the United Kingdom
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with their powers regulated by the British Constitution.
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Monty Python
Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British comedy troupe formed in 1969 consisting of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin.
Monument to the Great Fire of London
The Monument to the Great Fire of London, more commonly known simply as the Monument, is a fluted Doric column in London, England, situated near the northern end of London Bridge.
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Mr. Bean
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Museum of London
The London Museum (formerly known as the Museum of London) is a museum in London, covering the history of the city from prehistoric to modern times, with a particular focus on social history.
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Muslims
Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.
National Gallery
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England.
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National library
A national library is a library established by a government as a country's preeminent repository of information.
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National nature reserve (United Kingdom)
Some statutory nature reserves are designated by national bodies in the United Kingdom, and are known as national nature reserves.
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National Portrait Gallery, London
The National Portrait Gallery (NPG) is an art gallery in London that houses a collection of portraits of historically important and famous British people.
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National Rail
National Rail (NR) is the trading name licensed for use by the Rail Delivery Group, an unincorporated association whose membership consists of the passenger train operating companies (TOCs) of England, Scotland, and Wales.
Natterer's bat
Natterer's bat (Myotis nattereri) is a European vespertilionid bat with pale wings.
Natural History Museum, London
The Natural History Museum in London is a museum that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history.
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Natural science
Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation.
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Navigability
A body of water, such as a river, canal or lake, is navigable if it is deep, wide and calm enough for a water vessel (e.g. boats) to pass safely.
Nelson's Column
Nelson's Column is a monument in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, Central London, built to commemorate Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson's decisive victory at the Battle of Trafalgar over the combined French and Spanish navies, during which he was killed by a French sniper.
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Nevil Maskelyne
Nevil Maskelyne (6 October 1732 – 9 February 1811) was the fifth British Astronomer Royal.
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New Model Army
The New Model Army or New Modelled Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660.
New Romantic
New Romantic was an underground subculture movement that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne, or simply Newcastle (RP), is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. London and Newcastle upon Tyne are Staple ports.
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No 1 Poultry
No 1 Poultry is a building in the City of London, allocated to office and commercial use.
North Circular Road
The North Circular Road (officially the A406 and sometimes known as simply the North Circular) is a ring road around Central London in England.
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North London
North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames.
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France.
Northern crested newt
The northern crested newt, great crested newt or warty newt (Triturus cristatus) is a newt species native to Great Britain, northern and central continental Europe and parts of Western Siberia.
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Northwestern Europe
Northwestern Europe, or Northwest Europe, is a loosely defined subregion of Europe, overlapping Northern and Western Europe.
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Notting Hill (film)
Notting Hill is a 1999 romantic comedy film directed by Roger Michell.
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Notting Hill Carnival
The Notting Hill Carnival is an annual Caribbean Carnival event that has taken place in London since 1966, Notting Hill Carnival '13, London Notting Hill Enterprises Trust.
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Nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and other European countries, but usage of the term dates only from the late 18th/early 19th century.
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Odeon Cinemas
Odeon Cinemas Limited, trading as Odeon (stylised in all caps), is a cinema brand name operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland and Norway, which along with UCI Cinemas and Nordic Cinema Group is part of the Odeon Cinemas Group subsidiary of AMC Theatres.
Office for National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS; Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament.
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Old Bailey
The Central Criminal Court of England and Wales, commonly referred to as the Old Bailey after the street on which it stands, is a criminal court building in central London, one of several that house the Crown Court of England and Wales.
Old Compton Street
Old Compton Street is a road that runs east–west through Soho in the West End of London, named after Henry Compton who raised funds for St Anne's Church in 1686.
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Old English
Old English (Englisċ or Ænglisc), or Anglo-Saxon, was the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages.
Oliver Twist (1948 film)
Oliver Twist is a 1948 British film and the second of David Lean's two film adaptations of Charles Dickens novels.
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Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
One Canada Square
One Canada Square is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London.
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One Hundred and One Dalmatians
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (also known as 101 Dalmatians) is a 1961 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions with distribution by Buena Vista Distribution.
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Oranges and Lemons
"Oranges and Lemons" is a traditional English nursery rhyme, folksong, and singing game which refers to the bells of several churches, all within or close to the City of London.
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Oscar Deutsch
Oscar Deutsch (12 August 1893 – 5 December 1941)Allen Eyles, ‘Deutsch, Oscar (1893–1941)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 was a British entrepreneur who was the founder of Odeon Cinemas, the largest cinema chain in the United Kingdom.
Outer London
Outer London is the name for the group of London boroughs that form a ring around Inner London.
Oxford Street
Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus.
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Palace of Westminster
The Palace of Westminster is the meeting place of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is located in London, England.
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Pall Mall, London
Pall Mall is a street in the St James's area of the City of Westminster, Central London.
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Palmate newt
The palmate newt (Lissotriton helveticus) is a species of newt found in Western Europe, from Great Britain to the northern Iberian peninsula.
Park Lane
Park Lane is a dual carriageway road in the City of Westminster in Central London.
Parliament Hill, London
Parliament Hill is an area of open parkland in the south-east corner of Hampstead Heath in north-west London.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, and may also legislate for the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories.
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Parliamentary constituencies in London
The region of Greater London, including the City of London, is divided into 75 parliamentary constituencies which are sub-classified as borough constituencies, affecting the type of electoral officer and level of expenses permitted.
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Peasants' Revolt
The Peasants' Revolt, also named Wat Tyler's Rebellion or the Great Rising, was a major uprising across large parts of England in 1381.
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Peeping Tom (1960 film)
Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Michael Powell, written by Leo Marks, and starring Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey and Maxine Audley.
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Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.
Pet Shop Boys
Pet Shop Boys are an English synth-pop duo formed in London in 1981.
Peter Pan (1953 film)
Peter Pan is a 1953 American animated adventure fantasy film produced in 1952 by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures.
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Peter Sellers
Peter Sellers (born Richard Henry Sellers; 8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English actor and comedian.
Phil Collins
Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor.
Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London.
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Piccadilly
Piccadilly is a road in the City of Westminster, London, England, to the south of Mayfair, between Hyde Park Corner in the west and Piccadilly Circus in the east.
Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus is a road junction and public space of London's West End in the City of Westminster.
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Pinewood Studios
Pinewood Studios is a British film and television studio located in the village of Iver Heath, England.
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Pipe organ
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard.
Pohela Boishakh
Pohela Boishakh (পহেলা বৈশাখ)) is the Bengali New Year celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam (Goalpara and Barak Valley). It is a festival based on the spring harvest—which marks the first day of the new year in the official calendar of Bangladesh.
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Police box
A police box is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police.
Pop Idol
Pop Idol is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003.
Port of Felixstowe
The Port of Felixstowe, in Felixstowe, Suffolk, is the United Kingdom's largest container port, dealing with 48% of Britain's containerised trade.
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Port of London
The Port of London is that part of the River Thames in England lying between Teddington Lock and the defined boundary (since 1968, a line drawn from Foulness Point in Essex via Gunfleet Old Lighthouse to Warden Point in Kent) with the North Sea and including any associated docks.
Port of London Authority
The Port of London Authority (PLA) is a self-funding public trust established on 31 March 1909 in accordance with the Port of London Act 1908 to govern the Port of London.
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Portland stone
Portland stone is a limestone geological formation (formally named the Portland Stone Formation) dating to the Tithonian age of the Late Jurassic that is quarried on the Isle of Portland in Dorset, England.
Post-glacial rebound
Post-glacial rebound (also called isostatic rebound or crustal rebound) is the rise of land masses after the removal of the huge weight of ice sheets during the last glacial period, which had caused isostatic depression.
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Post-production
Post-production is part of the process of filmmaking, video production, audio production, and photography.
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Postcodes in the United Kingdom
Postal codes used in the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown dependencies are known as postcodes (originally, postal codes).
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Postmodernism
Postmodernism is a term used to refer to a variety of artistic, cultural, and philosophical movements that claim to mark a break with modernism.
Premier League
The Premier League is the highest level of the English football league system.
Premiere
A premiere, also spelled première, (from première, 1er) is the debut (first public presentation) of a work, i.e. play, film, dance, musical composition, or even a performer in that work.
Premiership Rugby
Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby union system.
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Prime meridian
A prime meridian is an arbitrarily-chosen meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°.
Prime meridian (Greenwich)
The Greenwich meridian is a prime meridian, a geographical reference line that passes through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, in London, England.
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
The prime minister of the United Kingdom is the head of government of the United Kingdom.
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Primrose Hill
Primrose Hill is a Grade II listed public park located north of Regent's Park in London, England, first opened to the public in 1842.
Printing press
A printing press is a mechanical device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.
Professional services
Professional services are occupations in the service sector requiring special training in liberal arts and pure sciences education or professional development education.
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Protected view
A protected view or protected vista is the legal requirement within urban planning to preserve the view of a specific place or historic building from another location.
Provisional Irish Republican Army
The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent republic encompassing all of Ireland.
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Psychogeography
Psychogeography is the exploration of urban environments that emphasizes interpersonal connections to places and arbitrary routes.
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Pub
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.
Puritans
The Puritans were English Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to rid the Church of England of what they considered to be Roman Catholic practices, maintaining that the Church of England had not been fully reformed and should become more Protestant.
PwC
PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited is a multinational professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand.
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Queen (band)
Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass).
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL, or informally QM, and formerly Queen Mary and Westfield College) is a public research university in Mile End, East London, England.
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Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club, commonly abbreviated to QPR, is a professional association football club based in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England.
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Radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.
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Received Pronunciation
Received Pronunciation (RP) is the accent traditionally regarded as the standard and most prestigious form of spoken British English.
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Red deer
The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species.
Reeves's muntjac
Reeves's muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi), also known as the Chinese muntjac, is a species of muntjac found widely in south-eastern China (from Gansu to Yunnan) and Taiwan.
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Regent Street
Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London.
Regent's Canal
Regent's Canal is a canal across an area just north of central London, England.
Regent's Park
Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London.
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s.
Remembrance Sunday
Remembrance Sunday is held in the United Kingdom as a day to commemorate the contribution of British and Commonwealth military and civilian servicemen and women in the two World Wars and later conflicts. It is held on the second Sunday in November (the Sunday nearest to 11 November, Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of hostilities in World War I in 1918).
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Rhyming slang
Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language.
Richard Curtis
Richard Whalley Anthony Curtis (born 8 November 1956) is a British screenwriter, producer and film director.
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins (born 26 March 1941) is a British evolutionary biologist, zoologist, and author.
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Richmond American University London
Richmond American University London is a private university in London, United Kingdom.
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Richmond F.C.
Richmond Rugby Club is a rugby union club in Richmond, London, England.
Richmond Park
Richmond Park, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, is the largest of London's Royal Parks and is of national and international importance for wildlife conservation.
River Effra
The River Effra is a former set of streams in south London, England, culverted and used mainly for storm sewerage.
River Thames
The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.
River Wandle
The River Wandle is a right-bank tributary of the River Thames in south London, England.
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace.
Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke (18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer.
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Rod Stewart
Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter.
Roman Britain
Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain. London and Roman Britain are 1st-century establishments in Roman Britain.
Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was the state ruled by the Romans following Octavian's assumption of sole rule under the Principate in 27 BC, the post-Republican state of ancient Rome.
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries.
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Rosalind Franklin
Rosalind Elsie Franklin (25 July 192016 April 1958) was a British chemist and X-ray crystallographer whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), RNA (ribonucleic acid), viruses, coal, and graphite.
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Roundhead
Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).
Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, also known by its abbreviation RADA, is a drama school in London, England, which provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio.
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Royal Academy of Music
The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa.
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Royal Albert Hall
The Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall on the northern edge of South Kensington, London, England.
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (often known by its acronym as RBKC) is an Inner London borough with royal status.
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Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew is a non-departmental public body in the United Kingdom sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
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Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, commonly shortened to Central, is a drama school founded by Elsie Fogerty in 1906, as the Central School of Speech Training and Dramatic Art, to offer a new form of training in speech and drama for young actors and other students.
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Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art (RCA) is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, with campuses in South Kensington, Battersea and White City.
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Royal College of Music
The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK.
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Royal court
A royal court, often called simply a court when the royal context is clear, is an extended royal household in a monarchy, including all those who regularly attend on a monarch, or another central figure.
Royal Docks
Royal Docks is an area in the London Borough of Newham in the London Docklands in East London, England.
Royal Exchange, London
The Royal Exchange in London was founded in the 16th century by the merchant Sir Thomas Gresham on the suggestion of his factor Richard Clough to act as a centre of commerce for the City of London.
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Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
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Royal Institution
The Royal Institution of Great Britain (often the Royal Institution, Ri or RI) is an organisation for scientific education and research, based in the City of Westminster.
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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are a series of lectures on a single topic each, which have been held at the Royal Institution in London each year since 1825.
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man, as well as on some inland waterways.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.
Royal Observatory, Greenwich
The Royal Observatory, Greenwich (ROG; known as the Old Royal Observatory from 1957 to 1998, when the working Royal Greenwich Observatory, RGO, temporarily moved south from Greenwich to Herstmonceux) is an observatory situated on a hill in Greenwich Park in south east London, overlooking the River Thames to the north.
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Royal Opera House
The Royal Opera House (ROH) is a historic opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London.
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO) is a British symphony orchestra based in London.
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Royal Society
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.
Royal St George's Golf Club
The Royal St George's Golf Club located in Sandwich, Kent, England, is a golf club in the United Kingdom and one of the courses on The Open Championship rotation and is the only Open rota golf course to be located in South East England.
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Royal Veterinary College
The Royal Veterinary College (informally the RVC) is a veterinary school located in London and a member institution of the federal University of London.
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Rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby XIII in non-Anglophone Europe and South America, and referred to colloquially as football, footy or league in its heartlands, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring wide and long with H-shaped posts at both ends.
Ryanair
Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier group headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland.
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (סָשָׁה נֹעַם בָּרוֹן כֹּהֵן; born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, actor, screenwriter and film producer.
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Sade (band)
Sade are an English band, formed in London in 1982 and named after their lead singer, Sade Adu.
Sadiq Khan
Sadiq Aman Khan (born 8 October 1970) is a British politician serving as Mayor of London since 2016.
Sadler's Wells Theatre
Sadler's Wells Theatre is a London performing arts venue, located in Rosebery Avenue, Islington.
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Samuel Pepys
Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an English diarist and naval administrator.
Saracens F.C.
Saracens Rugby Club is an English professional rugby union club based in North London, England, currently playing in Premiership Rugby, the highest level of competition in English rugby.
Savoy Hotel
The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England.
Savoy Theatre
The Savoy Theatre is a West End theatre in the Strand in the City of Westminster, London, England.
Science Museum, London
The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London.
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Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs.
Scrooge (1951 film)
Scrooge (released as A Christmas Carol in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol (1843).
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Seal (musician)
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
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Second Barons' War
The Second Barons' War (1264–1267) was a civil war in England between the forces of a number of barons led by Simon de Montfort against the royalist forces of King Henry III, led initially by the king himself and later by his son, the future King Edward I. The barons sought to force the king to rule with a council of barons, rather than through his favourites.
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Selfridges
Selfridges, also known as Selfridges & Co., is a chain of upscale department stores in the United Kingdom that is operated by Selfridges Retail Limited, part of the Selfridges Group of department stores.
Sephardic Jews
Sephardic Jews (Djudíos Sefardíes), also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).
Serotine bat
The serotine bat (Eptesicus serotinus), also known as the common serotine bat, big brown bat, or silky bat, is a fairly large Eurasian bat with quite large ears.
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols are an English punk rock band formed in London in 1975.
Shepherd's Bush Empire
Shepherd's Bush Empire (currently known as O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire for sponsorship reasons, and formerly known as the BBC Television Theatre) is a music venue in Shepherd's Bush, West London, run by the Academy Music Group.
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Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Short-tailed field vole
The short-tailed field vole, short-tailed vole, or simply field vole (Microtus agrestis) is a grey-brown vole, around 10 cm in length, with a short tail.
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Shrew
Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla.
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Sikhism
Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE.
Simon Cowell
Simon Phillip Cowell (born 7 October 1959) is an English television personality, entrepreneur, and record executive.
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (– 4 August 1265), later sometimes referred to as Simon V de Montfort to distinguish him from his namesake relatives, was an English nobleman of French origin and a member of the English peerage, who led the baronial opposition to the rule of King Henry III of England, culminating in the Second Barons' War.
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Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees were a British rock band formed in London in 1976 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and bass guitarist Steven Severin.
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SIS Building
The SIS Building, also called the MI6 Building, at Vauxhall Cross houses the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as Military Intelligence, Section 6 (MI6), the United Kingdom's foreign intelligence agency.
Sky UK
Sky UK Limited, trading as Sky is a British broadcaster and telecommunications company that provides television, internet, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom.
Slasher film
A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer or a group of killers stalking and murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed or sharp tools.
Slow worm
The slowworm (Anguis fragilis) is a legless lizard native to western Eurasia.
Smooth newt
The smooth newt, European newt, northern smooth newt or common newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) is a species of newt.
Snooker
Snooker (pronounced) is a cue sport played on a rectangular billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six pockets, one at each corner and one in the middle of each long side.
SOAS University of London
The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London.
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Social science
Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies.
Social work
Social work is an academic discipline and practice-based profession concerned with meeting the basic needs of individuals, families, groups, communities, and society as a whole to enhance their individual and collective well-being.
Soho
Soho is an area of the City of Westminster in the West End of London.
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Somers Town, London
Somers Town is an inner-city district in North West London.
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Somerset House
Somerset House is a large Renaissance complex situated on the south side of the Strand in central London, overlooking the River Thames, just east of Waterloo Bridge.
Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul are a British musical collective formed in London in 1988.
South Bank
The South Bank is an entertainment and commercial district in central London, England on the south bank of the River Thames opposite the City of Westminster.
South Circular Road, London
The South Circular Road (formally the A205 and often simply called the South Circular) in south London, England, is a major road that runs from the Woolwich Ferry in the east to the Chiswick Flyover in the west via Eltham, Lee Green, Catford, Forest Hill, Dulwich, Tulse Hill, Clapham Common, Clapham Junction, Wandsworth, Putney, Barnes, Mortlake and Kew Bridge.
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South Eastern Railway (England)
The South Eastern Railway (SER) was a railway company in south-eastern England from 1836 until 1922.
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South Kensington
South Kensington is a district just west of Central London in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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South London
South London is the southern part of London, England, south of the River Thames.
Southbank Centre
Southbank Centre is a complex of artistic venues in London, England, on the South Bank of the River Thames (between Hungerford Bridge and Waterloo Bridge).
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Southwark
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
Southwark Cathedral
Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies near the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.
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Spice Girls
The Spice Girls were an English girl group formed in 1994, consisting of Mel B ("Scary Spice"); Melanie C ("Sporty Spice"); Emma Bunton ("Baby Spice"); Geri Halliwell ("Ginger Spice"); and Victoria Beckham ("Posh Spice").
St Clement Danes
St Clement Danes is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London.
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St George's, University of London
St George's, University of London, legally St George's Hospital Medical School, is a public university in Tooting, South London, England, and is a member institution of the federal University of London.
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St James's Park
St James's Park is a urban park in the City of Westminster, central London.
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St Margaret's, Westminster
The Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey is in the grounds of Westminster Abbey on Parliament Square, London, England.
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St Martin-in-the-Fields
St Martin-in-the-Fields is a Church of England parish church at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, London.
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St Pancras railway station
St Pancras railway station, officially known since 2007 as London St Pancras International, is a major central London railway terminus on Euston Road in the London Borough of Camden.
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St Paul's Cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London, England, the seat of the Bishop of London.
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St Paul's School, London
St Paul's School is a selective independent day school (with limited boarding) for boys aged 13–18, founded in 1509 by John Colet and located on a 43-acre site by the Thames in London.
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St Thomas' Hospital
St Thomas' Hospital is a large NHS teaching hospital in Central London, England.
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Stamford Hill
Stamford Hill is an area in Inner London, England, about 5.5 miles north-east of Charing Cross.
Stanmore
Stanmore is part of the London Borough of Harrow in Greater London.
Status Quo (band)
Status Quo are a British rock band.
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Statute
A statute is a formal written enactment of a legislative body, a stage in the process of legislation.
Stella McCartney
Stella Nina McCartney (born 13 September 1971) is an English fashion designer.
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Stereophonic sound
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective.
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Strait of Gibraltar
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Europe from Africa.
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Stuart Restoration
The Stuart Restoration was the re-instatement in May 1660 of the Stuart monarchy in England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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Stucco
Stucco or render is a construction material made of aggregates, a binder, and water.
Subterranean rivers of London
The subterranean or underground rivers of London are or were the direct or indirect tributaries of the upper estuary of the Thames (the Tideway) that were built over during the growth of the metropolis of London.
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Suburb
A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area which is predominantly residential and within commuting distance of a large city.
Summer Olympic Games
The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years.
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Surrey
Surrey is a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties.
Surrey County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club (Surrey CCC) is a first-class club in county cricket, one of eighteen in the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales.
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.
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Swinging Sixties
The Swinging Sixties was a youth-driven cultural revolution that took place in the United Kingdom during the mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London denoted as its centre.
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Sylvia Young Theatre School
Sylvia Young Theatre School is an independent school in Marble Arch, London, England.
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Synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop) is a music genre that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument.
TARDIS
The TARDIS (acronym for "Time And Relative Dimension In Space") is a fictional hybrid of a time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.
Tate Modern
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art, defined as from after 1900, and forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Teddington Lock
Teddington Lock is a complex of three locks and a weir on the River Thames between Ham and Teddington in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England.
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Telephone numbering plan
A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints.
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Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom, telephone numbers are administered by the Office of Communications (Ofcom).
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Television Centre, London
Television Centre (TVC), alternatively BBC Studioworks Television Centre, is a building complex in White City, West London, which was the headquarters of BBC Television between 1960 and 2013.
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Test cricket
Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at the international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Thames Barrier
The Thames Barrier is a retractable barrier system built to protect the floodplain of most of Greater London from exceptionally high tides and storm surges moving up from the North Sea.
Thames Clippers
Uber Boat by Thames Clippers is a set of river bus services on the River Thames in London, England.
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Thames Embankment
The Thames Embankment is a work of 19th-century civil engineering that reclaimed marshy land next to the River Thames in central London.
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Thames Gateway
Thames Gateway is a term applied to an area around the Thames Estuary in the context of discourse around regeneration and further urbanisation.
Thames House
Thames House is an office building in Millbank, London, on the north bank of the River Thames adjacent to Lambeth Bridge.
Thames Television
Thames Television, commonly simplified to just Thames, was a franchise holder for a region of the British ITV television network serving London and surrounding areas from 30 July 1968 until the night of 31 December 1992.
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Thames Valley
The Thames Valley is an area in South East England that extends along the River Thames west of London towards Oxford.
Thameslink
Thameslink is a mainline route on the British railway network, running from,,,,, and via central London to,,, Rainham,,, and.
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
The BFG
The BFG (short for The Big Friendly Giant) is a 1982 children's novel by British author Roald Dahl.
The Blitz
The Blitz was a German bombing campaign against the United Kingdom, in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.
The Boat Race
The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales (Tales of Caunterbury) is a collection of twenty-four stories that runs to over 17,000 lines written in Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer between 1387 and 1400.
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The Clash
The Clash were an English rock band that formed in London in 1976 and were key players in the original wave of British punk rock.
The Cure
The Cure are an English rock band formed in 1978 in Crawley, West Sussex.
The Gherkin
The Gherkin, formally 30 St Mary Axe and previously known as the Swiss Re Building, is a commercial skyscraper in London's primary financial district, the City of London.
The Great Mouse Detective
The Great Mouse Detective (released as Basil the Great Mouse Detective in some countries and as The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective for its 1992 American re-release) is a 1986 American animated mystery adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures.
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
The Jewish Encyclopedia: A Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day is an English-language encyclopedia containing over 15,000 articles on the history, culture, and state of Judaism up to the early 20th century.
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is a portal fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950.
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The Long Good Friday
The Long Good Friday is a 1980 British gangster film directed by John Mackenzie from a screenplay by Barrie Keeffe.
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The Mousetrap
The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Open Championship
The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious.
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The Oval
The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London.
The Police
The Police were an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
The Ritz Hotel, London
The Ritz London is a 5-star luxury hotel at 150 Piccadilly in London, England.
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The Rocky Horror Show
The Rocky Horror Show is a musical with music, lyrics and book by Richard O'Brien.
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The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962.
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The Royal Ballet
The Royal Ballet is a British internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden, London, England.
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The Royal Opera
The Royal Opera is a British opera company based in central London, resident at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
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The Shard
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a pyramid-shaped 72-storey mixed-use development supertall skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Bermondsey, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development.
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
The Troubles
The Troubles (Na Trioblóidí) were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998.
The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, commonly known as Drury Lane, is a West End theatre and Grade I listed building in Covent Garden, London, England.
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Thorpe Park
Thorpe Park, formerly also known as Thorpe Park Resort, is a theme park located in the village of Thorpe between the towns of Chertsey and Staines-upon-Thames in Surrey, England, southwest of Central London.
Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Tom Hardy
Edward Thomas Hardy (born 15 September 1977) is an English actor.
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, (commonly referred to as simply Tottenham,,, or Spurs), is a professional football club based in Tottenham, North London, England.
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Tourist attraction
A tourist attraction is a place of interest that tourists visit, typically for its inherent or an exhibited natural or cultural value, historical significance, natural or built beauty, offering leisure and amusement.
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Tower 42
Tower 42, commonly known as the NatWest Tower, is a skyscraper in the City of London.
Tower Bridge
Tower Bridge is a Grade I listed combined bascule, suspension, and, until 1960, cantilever bridge in London, built between 1886 and 1894, designed by Horace Jones and engineered by John Wolfe Barry with the help of Henry Marc Brunel.
Tower Hill
Tower Hill is the area surrounding the Tower of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Tower of London
The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England.
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Trafalgar Square
Trafalgar Square is a public square in the City of Westminster, Central London, established in the early 19th century around the area formerly known as Charing Cross.
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Traffic congestion
Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing.
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Tramlink
Tramlink, previously Croydon Tramlink and presently branded as London Trams, is a light rail tram system serving Croydon and surrounding areas in South London, England.
Transport for London
Transport for London (TfL) is a local government body responsible for most of the transport network in London, United Kingdom.
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Trooping the Colour
Trooping the Colour is a ceremonial event performed every year on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom, by regiments of Household Division, to celebrate the official birthday of the British sovereign.
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Tudor architecture
The Tudor architectural style is the final development of medieval architecture in England and Wales, during the Tudor period (1485–1603) and even beyond, and also the tentative introduction of Renaissance architecture to Britain.
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Tudor period
In England and Wales, the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603).
Twickenham Stadium
Twickenham Stadium in Twickenham, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, England, is a rugby union stadium owned by the Rugby Football Union (RFU), English rugby union governing body, which has its headquarters there.
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Twickenham Studios
Twickenham Film Studios is a film studio in St Margarets, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, that is used by various motion picture and television companies.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under Dutch law.
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University College London
University College London (branded as UCL) is a public research university in London, England.
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University College School
University College School, also known as UCS, is a private day school in Frognal, Hampstead, London, England.
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University of East London
University of East London (UEL) is a public university located in the London Borough of Newham, London, England, based at three campuses in Stratford and Docklands, following the opening of University Square Stratford in September 2013.
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University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom.
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University of West London
The University of West London (UWL) is a public research university in the United Kingdom with campuses in Ealing, Brentford, and Reading, Berkshire.
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Upper class
Upper class in modern societies is the social class composed of people who hold the highest social status, usually are the wealthiest members of class society, and wield the greatest political power.
Upper middle class
In sociology, the upper middle class is the social group constituted by higher status members of the middle class.
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Upper Street
Upper Street is the main street of the Islington district of inner north London, and carries the A1 road.
Urban contemporary music
Urban contemporary music, also known as urban music, hip hop, urban pop, or just simply urban, is a music radio format.
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Urban heat island
Urban areas usually experience the urban heat island (UHI) effect, that is, they are significantly warmer than surrounding rural areas.
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Urbanization
Urbanization (or urbanisation in British English) is the population shift from rural to urban areas, the corresponding decrease in the proportion of people living in rural areas, and the ways in which societies adapt to this change.
V for Vendetta (film)
V for Vendetta is a 2005 dystopian political action film directed by James McTeigue (in his feature directorial debut) from a screenplay by the Wachowskis.
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Vauxhall Bridge
Vauxhall Bridge is a Grade II* listed steel and granite deck arch bridge in central London.
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Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (abbreviated V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.
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Victoria Coach Station
Victoria Coach Station in the City of Westminster is the largest coach station in London, and a terminus for medium and long distance coach services in the United Kingdom.
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Victoria Park, London
Victoria Park (known colloquially as Vicky Park or the People's Park) is a park in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in East London, England.
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Victorian architecture
Victorian architecture is a series of architectural revival styles in the mid-to-late 19th century.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the reign of Queen Victoria, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
Vikings
Vikings were seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway, and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe.
Virginia Water
Virginia Water is a commuter village in the Borough of Runnymede in northern Surrey, England.
Virginia Woolf
Adeline Virginia Woolf (25 January 1882 28 March 1941) was an English writer.
Visual effects
Visual effects (sometimes abbreviated VFX) is the process by which imagery is created or manipulated outside the context of a live-action shot in filmmaking and video production.
Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Isabel Westwood (8 April 1941 – 29 December 2022) was an English fashion designer and businesswoman, largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new wave fashions into the mainstream.
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Viviparous lizard
The viviparous lizard, or common lizard, (Zootoca vivipara, formerly Lacerta vivipara) is a Eurasian lizard.
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Vole
Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of low-crowned with rounded cusps).
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Wapping
Wapping is an area in the borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England.
Warlord
A warlord is an individual who exercises military, economic, and political control over a region, often within a country without a strong national government, through usually informal or illegal coercive control over the local armed forces.
Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden
Warner Bros.
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Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City.
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Waterloo East railway station
Waterloo East railway station, also known as London Waterloo East, is a railway station in central London on the line from through to London Bridge towards Kent, in the south-east of England.
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Wellcome Library
The Wellcome Library is a free library and Museum based in central London.
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Wellington Arch
The Wellington Arch, also known as the Constitution Arch or (originally) as the Green Park Arch, is a Grade I-listed triumphal arch by Decimus Burton that forms a centrepiece of Hyde Park Corner in central London, between the corner where Hyde Park meets Green Park.
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Welsh language
Welsh (Cymraeg or y Gymraeg) is a Celtic language of the Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people.
Wembley
Wembley is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in the London Borough of Brent, north-west London, northwest of Charing Cross.
Wembley Arena
Wembley Arena (originally the Empire Pool, now known as OVO Arena Wembley for sponsorship reasons) is an indoor arena next to Wembley Stadium in Wembley, London, England.
Wembley Stadium (1923)
The original Wembley Stadium (originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches.
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Wendell Cox
Wendell Cox is an American urban policy analyst and proponent of the use of the private car over rail projects.
Wentworth Club
Wentworth Club is a privately owned golf club and country club in Virginia Water, Surrey, on the south western fringes of London, not far from Windsor Castle.
Wessex
The Kingdom of the West Saxons, also known as the Kingdom of Wessex, was an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the south of Great Britain, from around 519 until Alfred the Great declared himself as King of the Anglo-Saxons in 886.
West Coast Main Line
The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important railway corridors in the United Kingdom, connecting the major cities of London and Glasgow with branches to Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and Edinburgh.
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West End of London
The West End of London (commonly referred to as the West End) is a district of Central London, London, England, west of the City of London and north of the River Thames, in which many of the city's major tourist attractions, shops, businesses, government buildings and entertainment venues, including West End theatres, are concentrated.
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West End theatre
West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.
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West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is a professional football club based in Stratford, East London, England.
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West Sussex
West Sussex is a ceremonial county in South East England.
Western Europe
Western Europe is the western region of Europe.
Westminster
Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in London, England.
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.
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Westminster Cathedral
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood, known as Westminster Cathedral, is the largest Roman Catholic church in England and Wales and the seat of the Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster.
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Westminster Hall
Westminster Hall is a large medieval great hall which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England.
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Westminster School
Westminster School is a public school in Westminster, London, England, in the precincts of Westminster Abbey.
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Wetland
A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.
White City, London
White City is a district of London, England, in the northern part of Shepherd's Bush in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, 5 miles (8 km) west-northwest of Charing Cross.
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White people
White (often still referred to as Caucasian) is a racial classification of people generally used for those of mostly European ancestry.
Whitechapel
Whitechapel is an area in London, England, and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Whitehall
Whitehall is a road and area in the City of Westminster, Central London, England.
Wiley (publisher)
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley, is an American multinational publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials.
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William Blake
William Blake (28 November 1757 – 12 August 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker.
William II of England
William II (Williame; – 2 August 1100) was King of England from 26 September 1087 until his death in 1100, with powers over Normandy and influence in Scotland.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.
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William the Conqueror
William the Conqueror (Bates William the Conqueror p. 33– 9 September 1087), sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death.
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William Tite
Sir William Tite (7 February 179820 April 1873) was an English architect who twice served as President of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely regarded as the most prestigious.
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Wimbledon Common
Wimbledon Common is a large open space in Wimbledon, southwest London.
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Wimbledon, London
Wimbledon is a district and town of south-west London, England, southwest of the centre of London at Charing Cross; it is the main commercial centre of the London Borough of Merton.
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Winchester
Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England.
Wireless Festival
Wireless Festival is an annual rap and hip-hop music festival that takes place in London, England, United Kingdom, and is owned and managed by Live Nation.
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Wizz Air
Wizz Air Holdings plc is a Hungarian ultra low-cost carrier group registered in Jersey.
Wood mouse
The wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) is a murid rodent native to Europe and northwestern Africa.
Woolen
Woolen (American English) or woollen (Commonwealth English) is a type of yarn made from carded wool.
Woolwich Ferry
The Woolwich Ferry is a free vehicle and pedestrian ferry across the River Thames in East London, connecting Woolwich on the south bank with North Woolwich on the north.
Working Title Films
Working Title Films Limited is a British film studio that produces motion pictures and television programs and is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal, which is itself a division of Comcast.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
WPP plc
WPP plc is a British multinational communications, advertising, public relations, technology, and commerce holding company headquartered in London, England.
Yellow-necked mouse
The yellow-necked mouse (Apodemus flavicollis), also called yellow-necked field mouse, yellow-necked wood mouse, and South China field mouse, is closely related to the wood mouse, with which it was long confused.
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Youth culture
Youth culture refers to the societal norms of children, adolescents, and young adults.
10 Downing Street
10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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1908 Summer Olympics
The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908.
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1934 British Empire Games
The 1934 British Empire Games was the second edition of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, held in England, from 4–11 August 1934.
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1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom.
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1981 Brixton riot
The 1981 Brixton riot, or Brixton uprising, was a series of clashes between mainly black youths and the Metropolitan Police in Brixton, London, between 10 and 12 April 1981.
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2003 European heatwave
The 2003 European heat wave saw the hottest summer recorded in Europe since at least 1540.
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2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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7 July 2005 London bombings
The 7 July 2005 London bombings, also referred to as 7/7, were a series of four co-ordinated suicide attacks carried out by Islamist terrorists that targeted commuters travelling on London's public transport during the morning rush hour.
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See also
1st-century establishments in Roman Britain
- Ambleside Roman Fort
- Aquae Sulis
- Bancroft Roman Villa
- Boxmoor Roman Villa
- Brading Roman Villa
- British Latin
- Caerwent
- Cataractonium
- Corbridge
- Derventio Brigantum
- Deva Victrix
- Dorchester, Dorset
- Durocornovium
- Durolevum
- Eboracum
- Fishbourne Roman Palace
- Folkestone Roman Villa
- Glevum
- Great Witcombe Roman Villa
- Handbridge
- Isca Dumnoniorum
- Lancaster Roman Fort
- Leicester
- Londinium
- London
- Lullingstone Roman Villa
- Manchester
- Over Burrow Roman Fort
- Richborough Castle
- Rockbourne Roman Villa
- Roman Britain
- Stane Street
- Temple of Claudius, Colchester
- The Hillock
- Venta Silurum
- Verulamium Forum inscription
- Vinovia
- Viroconium Cornoviorum
- Virosidum
- York
British capitals
Capital cities in the United Kingdom
Greater London
- Armorial of London
- Cator Park
- City of London
- Flag of Greater London
- Greater London
- Greater London Authority
- Greater London Built-up Area
- Greater London Council
- Greater city movements
- Home counties
- List of civil parishes in Greater London
- Listed parks and gardens in Greater London
- London
- London boroughs
- London independence
- London metropolitan area
- Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London
- Wards of Greater London
Port cities and towns in Southern England
- London
Southern England
- 1066 Country Walk
- East of England
- English Channel
- English language in Southern England
- Great Blizzard of 1891
- Greater London
- Home counties
- Itford Hill Style Settlements
- London
- North–South divide in England
- North–South divide in the United Kingdom
- Secretary of State for the Southern Department
- South East England
- South West England
- South West Peninsula
- Southern England
- Southern Football League
- Southern League (1929–1931)
- Southern League (ice hockey)
- Three Counties (Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire)
- West Country
Staple ports
- Bristol
- Carmarthen
- Chichester
- Cork (city)
- Dublin
- Exeter
- Gorleston-on-Sea
- Great Yarmouth
- Kingston upon Hull
- London
- Merchants of the Staple
- Newcastle upon Tyne
- Sandwich, Kent
- Staple right
- Statute of the Staple
- The Staple
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